Tag: invasive
Crews removing high-priority hazard trees in Owen Sound
Work has started on a new round of high-priority hazard tree removals in Owen Sound. The city has contracted Mulmur Tree Service to take down approximately 288 high and very high hazard trees identified in the city’s updated tree inventory. Director of community services Pam Coulter confirmed on Wednesday evening that the company had started […]
Grand Rapids Public Museum, John Ball Zoo among researchers awarded grant to research lake sturgeon
The Grand Rapids Public Museum and John Ball Zoo have been awarded a grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust to support sonar technology for the detection of adult sturgeon. […]
The invasive sea lamprey is poised for comeback in the Great Lakes
The future of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s successful sea lamprey control program is unknown amidst funding cuts and signs of the invasive creatures developing pesticide resistance. Read the full […]
Can you eat invasive mussels?
Can we eat our way out of the Great Lakes mussel invasion? Viewers have asked us if invasive quagga and zebra mussels are edible, so we looked into it. The […]
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Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River
By Ada Tussing
To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.
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